pixelate
 

why is every creation i make in maya so pixelated??
ex:
http://i10.tinypic.com/2znxpwy.jpg
i know lousy example but i just made something simple which gets very pixelated...
thanks

do u mean spike wen u extrude faces or the quality of the pic

1 if its wen extrude u go to poly tools option and turn on keep faces together

2 if its the quality its because thats a preview u need to render with AA on to get the edges smooth

AA??
whats that?

AA = Anti Aliasing
stops the edges being jaggered - smooths the off
the higher the value the better it will look

can you please tell me how to render my images with anti aliasing??
it would be nice if u did this

there 3 buttons for rendering yes??

ok - hover ur mouse over them each one is IPR the other is render this frame and the other is render globals/settings
click the settings 1 (its the check board with 2 circles next to it)
now a new window pops up
in that window click the second tab there should be an option for AA quality set it to ur likings

is it the 3 to the right here you mean??
http://i10.tinypic.com/4gy7t4p.jpg

yes those r correct also these 1 r more commonly used

which one of those buttons shall i choose??

check out this nice free tutorial. it should tell you everything you need to know.

http://www.simplymaya.com/movie_page...html?tut_id=49

or

http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital....php?v=100&f=q

Unfortunately there's no "single" way to turn on Antialiasing for renders.

Do you run Mental Ray, Maya Software, Maya hardware, or a third party renderer?

Note: If you didn't touch the button to RIGHT of the "IPR" button, then chances are you're on Maya Software.

Click on the button to the RIGHT of IPR -- that's "render globals" IE: Options for Rendering.

On the popup, click the tab marked "Maya Software".

Near the top there'll be a menu -- "AntiAliasing Quality" on "Edge Antialiasing" dropdown menu click "Highest Quality" Under "number of samples" set that higher too (8-16 is uber quality, can go up to 32 though that tends to BLUR things, not just antialias... 4 is decent for quality + speed of render).

Multipixel filtering will also help you a bit... but forget it generally... too complicated.

To start out in your adventures for Antialiasing --> Just click the dropdown menu to highest quality... leave everything else alone... it should work nicely.

thanks dann
i have used the link below becouse i am going to download the simply maya tut:D
but: i finally got it:D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!